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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Joseph Maurice
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Fall River, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6121957
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sefferweich or Malbergweich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 29

Immediate family

Members
Hormidas Ross (father)
Mary J. (Rail) Ross (mother)
Merlida (Roy) Ross (stepmother)
Joseph N. G. Ross (brother)
Phillip R. Ross (brother)
Gaston F. Ross (brother)
Gloria L. Ross (sister)
Reginald J. Ross (brother)
Edward R. Ross (stepbrother)
Lorraine T. Ross (stepsister)

More information

Pvt Joseph M. Ross joined the Regular Army on 9 February 1940.

His brother, T/Sgt Joseph N. G. Ross, is buried next to him.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 37th Tank Battalion Feb 45 - May 45

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Erwin